Maraike Nicole Vandergrift

03/2023 – today:
PhD Candidate, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Gawrich

02/2023 – 06/2024:
Scholarship Deutsch-Polnische Wissenschaftsstiftung: „Politicization of EU Policy Towards the Eastern Partnership States in German and Polish Foreign Policy in Comparison”

04/2021 – 02/2023:
M.A. Democracy and Governance, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
Topic of the MA thesis: The role of Eastern Partnership Policy as a part of German Foreign Policy - A Critical Review. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Gawrich)

02/2023 – 06/2023:
Internship in the BMBF-funded research project "Social climate change impacts and sustainability innovation in southern Africa and northern South America (NISANSA)", sub-project 7: "Policy advisory strategies for climate change adaptation impacts in international cooperation with selected SADC (Southern Africa Development Community) member states (Malawi, Namibia), Philipps University Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen.

10/2021 – 02/2023:
Student/ Research Assistant, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen

• Prof. Dr. Andrea Gawrich, Chair of International Integration with special reference to Eastern Europe
• Gießener Zentrum Östliches Europa (GiZo)

2019:
Erasmus, Jagiellonen University Krakow (PL)

10/2018 – 03/2021:
B.A. Cultural Anthropology, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz

04/2016 – 03/2021:
B.A. Anthropology and Drama, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz